Gingersnap Swedish Meatballs

Submitted by Shirl

"There are alot of swedish meatball recipes but none of them are made with gingersnaps. These are from a garage sale recipe box that my mother picked up. I have not tried yet but am posting here to save so I can try. Hope if you try them you enjoy them. Shirley"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups gingersnaps, crushed
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1⁄2 lb ground lean pork
• 1⁄4 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
• 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• parsley

directions

1. Crush gingersnaps, approximately 20, 2 inch cookies, to make 1 1/4 cups.
2. In large bowl, combine crushed gingersnaps with milk and egg.
3. Add ground beef, pork, onion, salt, pepper and allspice. Mix well to combine.
4. Refrigerate, covered for one hour.
5. With moistened hands, shape mixture into meatballs, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
6. Preheat oven to 325.
7. In hot butter in large skillet saute meatballs, just enough at one time to cover bottom of skillet, until browned all over. (I have elimanated this step to bake in hot oven until browned).
8. Remove to a 2 quart greased (pam) oven proof casserole dish as they brown. Pour off drippings to measure 1/4 cup, adding more butter if necessary.
9. Add drippings back to skillet heat and add flour stirring to make a smooth mixture.
10. Gradually stir in beef broth and bring mixture to boil, stirring constantly.
11. Add garlic, thyme and bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste simmer for 5 minutes for flavors to mingle.
12. Pour over meatballs and bake covered one hour.
13. Garnish with parsley and serve with noodles.

Reviews

[linda]

Thank you! Like reviewer Darlene, I once had a recipe for Swedish meatballs made with ginger snaps, but I lost track of it, and then husband and I began to miss it. For reasons we can't recall, we always had it over brown rice and still prefer it that way. I use the ground meats that the local grocer's butchers offer for meat loaf. Otherwise, your recipe is perfect. I do increase the broth when cutting down the recipe for the two of us. Thanks again!

 

[Darlene P.]

In the eighties I made this for husband and son we all loved them but somewhere along the way I lost the recipe got this from a yellow and green plastic recipe box I collected the recipes for a long time anyway glad to find it again thank you. can't wait to make it for my girls who never had it also my son

 

[forthefunofit]

We liked this. I doubled the sauce ingredients, but otherwise I followed the recipe very closely. This is very flavorful, but it was a little too sweet for us. Thanks for posting.

 

[teresas]

Outstanding flavor! I think these should be called German Meatballs due to the gingersnap taste. I had a hard time keeping the meatballs round they came out on the flat side like little hambuger patties. Next time I plan to use less milk to keep from being so soft. I got 30 meatballs giving each serving 5 good size meatballs. I doubled the sauce ingredient like a another reviewer suggested. Served these tasty meatball over recipe #400. Thanks, for posting Shirley.

 

[littleturtle]

Easy and very flavorful. I browned the meatballs in the oven as suggested. I subbed turkey for the pork as it's what I had on hand, which worked fine; it just meant that I needed a little more butter to make the sauce. Next time I think I'd double the sauce ingredients as there doesn't seem to be much sauce to go on the pasta. I'd also like to try this with homemade gingersnaps as the storebought ones seemed a little too sweet for this. But we liked this anyway and I'll definitely make it again. Thanks for posting.